Chloritis

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| taxon = Chloritis | image = Chloritis biomphala shell.jpg | image_caption = three views of the shell of Chloritis biomphala | authority = Beck, 1837 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Chloritis (Chloritis) H. Beck, 1837 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Chloritis (Eustomopsis) Gude, 1906· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chloritis (Trichochloritis) Pilsbry, 1891 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Erigone Albers, 1850
  • Eustomopsis Gude, 1906
  • Eustomopsis (Verdichloritis) Clench, 1957 (junior synonym)
  • Helerigone Strand, 1910
  • Helix (Chloritis) Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Helix (Erigone) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Erigone Audouin, 1826 [Arachnida])
  • Parvisheba Iredale, 1958 (junior synonym)
  • Sheba Iredale, 1941 (invalid: junior homonym of Sheba Baird, 1860 [Mollusca])
  • Verdichloritis Clench, 1957 (junior synonym) | display_parents = 3

Chloritis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.

The genus Chloritis is restricted to South-east Asia (from China to India and up to New Guinea) with numerous species having usually small distributional ranges.

Shell description

The conchological characters of the species belonging to the genus Chloritis are the more or less compact shells, the biconcave or a hardly elevated spire. The first whorls are quite narrow, rounded, the apical ones with regularly arranged granules or hair pits. Last whorl is widened suddenly, with a more or less open umbilicus. The aperture is lunate. The peristome is reflected, connected in most cases by a thin callus.

Species

Some researchers divided the genus Chloritis in a number of rather poorly defined subgenera, or even consider these subgenera as genera. The characters used for these separations are only shell features; unfortunately from only a few species the anatomy is known. Here the more conservative systematic classification (only one genus Chloritis) is followed as proposed by Vaught (1989).

Species within the genus Chloritis include:

References

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References

  1. {{in lang. la [[Henrik Henricksen Beck. Beck H.]] (1837). ''Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici'' 1-124. Hafniae. [https://archive.org/stream/indexmolluscoru00beckgoog#page/n37/mode/1up page 29].
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Chloritis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818723 on 2018-12-25
  3. Vaught K. C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca: i-xii, 1-195.'' American Malacologists, Inc., Melbourne, Florida, United States.
  4. Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus ''Chloritis'' in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". ''[[Zoologische Mededelingen]]'' '''83''' [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a11 HTM] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-01-16)

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